Montgomery City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS[4]
Editor's note— Ord. No. 32-2014, §§ 1, 2, adopted May 20, 2014, added provisions that were not specifically amendatory. At the editor's discretion, said provisions were included as Art. X, §§ 1 and 2, as set out herein.
Sec. 1. - Definitions.
For the purposes of this ordinance, the following terms are defined as hereinafter set forth, to wit:
Financial institution shall mean a business, other than a federally chartered bank, state chartered bank, credit union, mortgage lender or savings and loan association, and such business (i) is required to be licensed under Alabama Code Title 5, Chapter 18A, Deferred Presentment Services Act, or (ii) is required to be licensed under Alabama Code Title 5, Chapter 19A, Alabama Pawnshop Act.
(Ord. No. 32-2014, § 1, 5-20-2014)
Sec. 2. - [Regulations.]
a.
Financial institutions, as defined in section 1, above, are allowed in PUD commercially designated locations, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5, O-1 and O-2, M-1 and M-3, subject to distance requirements specified. They shall not be allowed in SmartCode, B-1-b and B-1-a zones, as these are mixed use zones.
b.
No two such uses shall be permitted within 2,500 feet of each other.
c.
No such use shall be located within 250 feet of a residence, church, school or public park.
d.
Any building in which one of the above-defined businesses is legally operating prior to the effective date of this ordinance shall be a legal nonconforming use, which shall be transferable to any new business opening in the same building. In the event that there is no active business license at the location for a period of six consecutive months, the location shall no longer constitute a legal nonconforming use.
(Ord. No. 32-2014, § 2, 5-20-2014)